2010 College Football Rankings, Week 14

I am now just tracking TopoRank v4. Here are the updated rankings after week 13 action:

1. Oregon

2. Stanford

3. Boise St

4. Ohio State

5. TCU

6. Oklahoma

7. Alabama

8. Oklahoma St

9. Auburn

10. Wisconsin

11. Texas A&M

12. Nebraska

13. South Carolina

14. Arizona

15. Missouri

16. California

17. Arizona St

18. Florida St

19. Arkansas

20. Southern Cal

21. Georgia

22. Nevada

23. Virginia Tech

24. Florida

25. LSU

This week we see Stanford leap into the #2 spot with a big win. Wisconsin comes screaming up the board to #10 and LSU teeters on the edge of the Top 25. A few interesting and perhaps unintuitive moves I'd like to point out are Arizona and Arkansas. Arizona stays put despite a 19 point loss. They were predicted to lose by 19.6, so they actually outperformed their previous ranking slightly, and hence we see them retain the #14 spot. Arkansas falls 8 spots despite a victory over LSU. LSU had been ranked slightly outside the Top 25 and Arkansas was expected to win by 10.5. This alone drops them a little, but we also see the effects of teams on their schedule losing a lot of games. Furthermore, #13 through #19 are separated by the equivalant of about a 1.5 point spread, so big rank moves are possible with slight changes in rating.